Cell-free V(D)J recombination

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6641, 1997, Pages 488-491

  Ramsden, Dale A ^a   Paull, Tanya T ^a   Gellert, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA LIGASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030753633     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41351     Document Type: Article

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